NEW PAINTINGS and Hand Made Things by NEAL JONES

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This exhibition will present paintings and useful things that Neal has made from reclaimed materials over the last year. These include plank chairs, hard wood spatulas, bellows and toy boats. He has also hand made in small editions, three books of his writings and images and a special, very limited edition box set containing the books, a spatula and a very small painting. All of Neal Jones' work contains a radical and sublime beauty that simultaneously rejects the gloss of the new whilst bravely forging it's own (new) visionary path. He employs a critical aesthetic/anti-aesthetic, set against an acute understanding and love of his materials, their inherent power, and their absurd uselessness. The resulting paintings and objects convey a genuine sense of depth, warmth and significant self-awareness that is a rarity in contemporary culture.